Fire-shovel



LA ROY C. MONISMITH.

' FIRE SHOVEL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13. 1913.

1,307,865. Patented June 17, 1919.

efifii wi LA BOY G. MONISMITH, 0F GLENVIL, NEBRASKA.

FIRE-SHOVEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 17, 1919.

Application filed September 13, 1918. Serial No. 254,023.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LA ROY C. MONI- SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glenvil, in the county of Clay and. State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fire-Shovels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shovels and the principal object of the invention is to provide a movable flap for closing the open end of the shovel.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple and durable in construction, reliable and Gfi'lGlQIlt in operation and one which can be manufactured and placed upon the market at a minimum cost.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view.

In these views, 1 indicates the body of the shovel and 2 the handle. The shovel may be made of any desired shape or style. 3 indicates the flap which has its ends bent upwardly at right angles to form wings 4. These wings have the front edges curved and at the rear said wings are pivoted to the sides of the shovel so that said flap may be swung upwardly to close the end of the shovel. I provide means for closing said flap by means located on the handle, and such means consists of a lever 5 having its copies of this patent may be obtained for downwardly so bent end passing through an opening 6 in the handle and pivoted therein by the pin 7. The lever extends above the handle in such a position that it may be readily engaged by the hand of the user while holding the shovel. The lever is normally held in raised position by the spring 8 secured to the handle and engaging the lever. The lower end of the lever is pivotally connected with the bar 9 which has its other end hinged to the inner edge of the flap as at 10. The bar 9 is of slightly curved form and passes through a recess 11 in the bottom of the shovel at a point where the handle is joined to the body of the shovel.

It will thus be seen that in the normal position of the parts the flap acts as an exten sion of the shovel, the rounded wings forming extensions of the sides of the shovel. When the shovel is full the lever is pressed as to swing the flap upwardly and thus close the end of the shovel.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make such changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim 1s:

A shovel having a flap pivoted to its end and an opening in its handle, a lever having its end bent at right angles and passing through said opening, a pin pivoting the lever in said opening, a rod connecting the lower end of said lever to the flap and a spring located between the handle and upper part of the lever for holding the lever in raised position and with the flap in extended position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LA ROY C. MONISMITI-I.

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Washington, D. G. 

